Listen to the winning songs of the DSA 2014 Song Contest in the Americana category!

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Lyrics:

// She will set your fields on fire, She will burn your valleys clearOh make me a little sparrow, There’s no hiding place down here // x2

Who’s that knocking at my window, Knocks so loud and won’t come in It is your own true-hearted lover, Rise you up and let him inGo away don’t wake my mother, Love’s a thing she can’t endure She’s been the ruin of many a lover, She’ll be the ruin of many more

// She will set your fields on fire, She will burn your valleys clearOh make me a little sparrow, There’s no hiding place down here // x2

I’m gonna whisper in your ear, love, Do you think it any harm I’m gonna win you of your mother, Trust yourself in your darling’s armsGo away don’t wake my father, He is on his bed of rest And on his breast is a weapon, To kill the one that I love best

// He will set your fields on fire, He will burn your valleys clearOh make me a little sparrow, There’s no hiding place down here // x2

With the wings of a sparrow – There’s no hiding place down hereI’d fly so far away – There’s no hiding place down hereI didn’t kill no one – There’s no hiding place down hereNo I didn’t kiss and tell – There’s no hiding place down here

Who’s that knocking at my window, Knocks so loud and won’t come in It is your own true-hearted lover, Rise you up, and let him in

// He will set your fields on fire, He will burn your valleys clearOh make me a little sparrow, There’s no hiding place down here // x2

Lyrics:

I wake in the dark and I find you Watching the stars in the evening skyThe light from the moon is behind youVenus is bright as she dips and sighsI can feel every pulse and sensationEvery thought every breath from within me rhymes And my words will be lost in translationAs they pass from my lips Over space and time

As we spin through this beautiful chaosWe stand together yet feel aloneBut when our hearts take a leap for the same star Our souls now are joined, and our secrets knownWhen I feel like I’m lost in the desertI remember your face and your hand in mineAnd you play in my mind like a concert Through the wind and the wavesOver space and time

3rd Place – “Hold Me Tonight” by Dickey Johnson, Dallas, Tx

Lyrics:

I’m not asking For more than i need A simple thing i want I know you don’t see Tonight i need you To lay by my sideAnd hold me Just hold me tonight

Don’t even think Don’t won…DER Why Don’t need a reason To explain… What’s deep inside Tonight, i need you To lay by my side ………..And hold me Just hold me tonight Cause all i realy need All i really needAll i really need Is you…… To hold me , hold me tonight

BridgeHold …………….ME Hold………….MEBecause all i really need All i really needAll i really need Is you …….. To hold meTonight

Don’t say a wordDon’t say good night Just rap your arms around me Until the morn….ING Light And, just hold me Hold me tonight Cause all i really need All i really need..All i really need……. Is you ……. TonightI need you………….TONIGHT Ooh……………………………….. To just…. Hold me